Mr.
Garrioch
English
Composition
19
September 2014
Pondering upon the question for a
painstakingly long time, I realized it is beyond the reach of my logic. The
dominant theory that seeks to explain the origin of the universe, (i.e. The Big
Bang) contends that everything involving ourselves started from a single point.
If it is so, it seems fair that I, who had been the part of it, should easily
be able to answer why I am here by tracking the history from the very beginning.
It sounds more reasonable as I conceive the fact that the most elementary
particles that form my body and mind withhold the history of it. Indeed, I do not
have any concrete memory of it. Nevertheless, let me give it try to an
impulsive feeling that I have inside my mind and hopefully this will give me
the answer. It’s trustworthy in that what my mind thinks, after all, might just
be a result of intricate interactions between the particles “who” know exactly
what have happened.
According to the
theory, I was destined to be here. Given the fact that there was a certain
initial state from which everything including me has started, the final result
ought to be determined. Think upon a ball in the air and the other substances
that could possibly be in the vicissitude. Without any exception, it is
determined to fall down on the ground. When it cannot be said that the rules of
physics perfectly reflect the way the world works, there is certainly a way
that the world somehow works. This logic can also work in explaining my history
to be “here”. It is unfathomable what exactly the initial state was, but given
the same conditions, I would always end up being here.
Despite I’m a big fan
of science who studies physics every day. I don’t like this idea of determinism
as I am fully aware that my consciousness has a complete control over how I
will behave for the next few seconds. This I firmly believe is the power that
changes the way things would work, and it is something that science cannot
explain. As physics’ concern shifts to more fundamental ones, physics has often
encounter phenomena that negate the previous knowledge. Physics have started
abandoning the idea of determinism as they present a new contention in the new
name of quantum physics that, although given the same initial states, the
results can be different. Still, physics fail to provide for a logical explanation.
I concluded after all, it is not something that can be explained logically.
I now challenge to give
a bold explanation for it is neither logical nor imaginable. That power part of
which resides inside me is what was there before the great explosion. I don’t
know what it is but having said that, I can now fully contend with satisfaction
that from the very beginning, I have chosen to be here. An interesting thing is
that I might have also contributed whoever reading this to be “here” to read my
essay.
Very very deep. A fun intellectual read that does a solid job of tackling the prompt. I like the ending and beginning a great deal, while the middle is also good, but could include the thread of the prompt just a little bit more to remind us of the true question at hand. Why are we here? ALl in all, this reminds me of Billy Bryson's intro to his book "Short History of Nearly Everything." Good work Mr. Kim! Chicago wants to meet you!
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